When I click on a link to an email address in Firefox or Google Chrome a "Welcome to Evolution" screen appears. Can I make Gmail open instead, or at the very least disable Evolution from running?
Ubuntu – make links to email addresses open Gmail instead of Evolution
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You can install Ubuntu’s New Web Apps Feature of Ubuntu 12.04 & 12.10. This will allow you to integrate your Gmail and Google Calender to the desktop, and make them first class citizen on your computer. This will allow for system notification pop-ups, HUD integration, and other Unity features. This is how to install it:
Open the Terminal and type these commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webapps/preview
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install unity-webapps-preview
Now log out and log back in for the change to take affect. The time next you visit Gmail or Google Calender on Firefox or Chromium, they will ask if you want to integrate with the desktop.
Here is some more reading on the subject:
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/07/ubuntu-unveil-new-web-apps-feature-for-12-10
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/07/list-of-that-websites-support-unitys-new-web-apps-feature
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/07/how-to-install-ubuntus-new-web-apps-feature
Hope this helps!
You can make Chrome open when you click a mailto: link:
Access Gmail, and click an icon of the shape of overlapped double diamonds, next to the star icon in the omni-box where the URL is displayed.
If you don't see it, try reloading the page.
Source, by mulogics on Web Applications Stack Exchange
If you somehow missed the opportunity and said 'no' after the diamond question, your chance to undo that is under chrome://settings/handlers, where gmail will be listed as handler-question-blocked.
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Best Answer
You might want to take a look at an application called desktop-webmail
It can be installed by clicking on the little icon next to the link or simply by executing following command:
Then go to "Applications > Internet > Desktop Webmail" and set your web email service. Finally go to "System > Preferences > Preferred Applications" and under "Mail Reader" set Desktop Webmail as your choice.
Desktop webmail supports following services: Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail and Zoho
This could be a solution for other people as well that use other webmail providers.
Hope it helps :)